Grand Avenue Festival

Monday, October 25, 2004

Grand Avenue Festival

REDCAT joins its neighbors for the Grand Avenue Festival with a variety of free concerts featuring world music, jazz and participatory workshops, including many of the musical ensembles developed through the Community Arts Partnership. In addition to the offerings at REDCAT, the Festival includes free performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale, and other activities in conjunction with the Music Center, The Colburn School of Performing Arts, Grand Performances, Los Angeles Central Library and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Schedule of Events All events will take place in the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), which is located at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, at the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. No tickets required.

11:00 a.m. “Violination” crazy music for violins and other animals.12:00 p.m. The CalArts Latin Jazz Band2:00 p.m. Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa: Raw Materials Piano and Saxophone performance.3:00 p.m. The CalArts African Dance and Drumming Ensemble will present a lively performance, beginning with a processional on Grand Avenue, leading into REDCAT. 4:30 p.m. The CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program presents the Youth Mariachi de Plaza de la Raza.

REDCAT NEWS

The New Original Works Festival (NOW) is a three-week interdisciplinary program offering a variety of short works and some longer projects in their Los Angeles premieres. The Festival takes place in July and August and artists are given development support through rehearsal space, technical assistance, access to equipment and an honorarium. Projects are selected through a proposal process, with an emphasis on new projects in development and/or early career artists.